Patents by Inventor Armin Dries

Armin Dries has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6253393
    Abstract: A door for shower enclosures has at least two door leaves disposed side-by-side in a closed state of the door, a continuous vertical hinge element connecting the door leaves so that upon opening of the door one of the door leaves pivots forward about a rotary axis of the hinge element, a double hinge element mountable on one wall of a shower area or on a vertical profile of a shower enclosure and having a rear suspension part and a front suspension part, another of the door leaves being supported rotatably in a rotary axis by one face end on the rear suspension part of the double hinge element, at least one horizontally disposed rotating arm which is articulated rotatably in another rotary axis on the front suspension part of the double hinge element which is farther from the shower area than the rear suspension part, the retaining arm fitting over the hinge element and being supported rotatably by an opposite end in a further rotary axis of a further suspension part mounted rigidly on the hinge element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventors: Armin Dries, Susanne Wegener